Presentations

Presentations are ideal for larger groups or professional development events where you want to inspire reflection, spark conversation, or introduce new ideas. We love adapting these sessions to match your audience and goals, whether it’s a conference keynote or an all-staff PD day.

Data-Informed Advising

Advisors have always worked with information, but there's a difference between knowing a student's story and knowing what's happening across your entire caseload. We believe data literacy is a core advising competency, not a bonus skill for the tech-inclined. These sessions help advisors and advising leaders think about what it really means to use data intentionally -- how to move from tracking individual students to identifying patterns, making proactive decisions, and communicating impact. And we never lose sight of the fact that behind every data point is a person.

Sample sessions

Advisors as Analysts: Building Data Literacy Across Your Team
Telling the Story of Advising: Turning Metrics into Meaning
Finding the Students Who Need You Before They Disappear
What Does It Mean to Be a Data Person? A Framework for Every Level

Collaboration and Culture Change

Improving how a team works with data and technology isn't just a technical problem; it's a culture problem. The biggest barrier we see isn't a lack of tools, but rather a lack of shared ownership over how those tools get used and improved. These sessions explore what it looks like to build genuine buy-in, develop digital confidence across a team with mixed skill levels, and create partnerships between advising, institutional research, and IT that actually move things forward. Change doesn't happen because one person figured it out. It happens when the whole team feels like they're part of building something.

Sample sessions

You Can't Automate a Broken Process: Designing for Change First
Developing Digital Confidence in a Tech-Averse Team
Advising and Institutional Research: Building a Partnership That Works
From Skeptic to Champion: Getting Your Team Excited About New Tools

Technology and the Future of Higher Ed

Technology in higher education is moving fast, and the pressure to adopt new tools -- especially AI -- without a clear sense of why or how can feel overwhelming. The right question isn't "should we use this?" but "what problem are we actually trying to solve?" These sessions help audiences think critically and practically about technology's role in advising and student success work: where it genuinely helps, where it falls short, and how to make intentional decisions that keep the human element at the center.

Sample Sessions

The Tech-Enabled Advisor: Tools That Extend Your Capacity Without Replacing Your Judgment
Generative AI and the Future of Higher Ed Work: Practical, Ethical, and Real
From Paper to Power Automate: One Office's Journey Toward Smarter Workflows
Building a Bot for Your Office: What's Possible, What's Not, and Where to Start

Assessment and Impact

Advising offices are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their value — but most assessment efforts stop at satisfaction surveys and appointment counts. We believe meaningful assessment asks harder questions: Are students actually doing better? Are our interventions reaching the right people? Are we closing gaps or widening them? These sessions help advisors and leaders move beyond compliance-driven reporting toward assessment that genuinely informs how you work. Because the goal isn't to prove that advising matters — it's to understand how to make it matter more.

Sample Sessions

Beyond Satisfaction: Measuring What Advising Actually Does for Students
From Outcomes to Action: Closing the Loop on Advising Assessment
Are We Reaching Everyone? Using Data to Identify and Close Equity Gaps
Assessing Advising Effectiveness Without Drowning in Data

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